Two-year-old Alex Grove died in hospital hours after being pulled unconscious from a backyard inflatable pool

A two-year-old boy who died in hospital hours after being pulled unconscious from a backyard inflatable pool has been described as a 'sweet little boy'.

Tragic toddler Alex Grove was found unresponsive in the pool at a home in Morayfield, Queensland, at about 4.45pm on Tuesday.

His family and paramedics battled to save him with CPR as he was rushed to hospital but he died in the early hours of Wednesday morning after his life support machines were switched off.

Close family friend Ashlee Owen told The Courier-Mail Alex's family were heartbroken and had been left traumatised by the horrifying incident.

She said they were 'not coping too well' and were struggling to sleep.

'He was my best friend,' Ms Owen, who was known as 'Aunty Ashlee' to Alex, said.

'He wouldn't go anywhere without me. We were pretty much attached at the hip. If I went to the letterbox, he had to come with me. He was my little sidekick. I don't know what I will do without him now.'

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Alex's father, Kieren Pye, died in 2015 and the young boy had very few memories of him, but Ms Owen said the toddler would say goodnight to him before bed every evening.

'Even though he didn't know his daddy very long he always told me how much he missed him. He would always do cute little things like throwing his dummy up in the air to heaven and asking his daddy to catch it,' she said.

Alex was described as a 'sweet little boy' and his family are 'not coping well' with his death

The boy was found unresponsive in the pool at a home (pictured) in Morayfield, Queensland, at about 4.45pm on Tuesday

Alex died at Lady Cilento Hospital in Brisbane on Wednesday morning hours after being taken there in a critical condition.

Queensland Police have said the death was not suspicious. A report will be prepared for the coroner.

The toddler's death is the latest in a series of backyard tragedies across Australia in recent months.

Twins Robbi and Charli Manago, aged 23 months, died at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in December, after being found unconscious in their family's pool in Kellyville Ridge, in New South Wales.

In November, sisters Taya and Patricia Young, aged four and three, also drowned in their backyard pool in Logan, south of Brisbane.

An eight-year-old boy drowned in Lake Hume, near the Victoria-New South Wales border, on Wednesday evening.

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